Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 360
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7425-2714-0 • Hardback • July 2003 • $137.00 • (£105.00)
978-0-7425-8106-7 • eBook • July 2003 • $130.00 • (£100.00)
David Harmon is executive director of the George Wright Society. Allen Putney is a consultant on protected areas.
Chapter 1 1. Introduction: Perspectives on the Values of Protected Areas
Chapter 2 2. The Source and Significance of Values in Protected Areas
Chapter 3 3. Conserving the Sacred: The Protective Impulse and the Origins of Modern Protected Areas
Chapter 4 4. Managing the Intangible
Chapter 5 5. Recreational Values of Protected AreasJ
Chapter 6 6. The Social Value of the Nyangkpe Sacred Forests of South West Province of Cameroon
Chapter 7 7. The Cultural Values of Protected Areas
Chapter 8 8. Life and the Nature of Life-in Parks
Chapter 9 9. Aesthetic Values and Protected Areas: A Story of Symbol Preservation
Chapter 10 10. National Parks as Scientific Benchmark Standards for the Biosphere; Or, How are You Going to Tell How it Used to Be, When There's Nothing Left to See?
Chapter 11 11. Therapeutic Values of Parks and Protected Areas
Chapter 12 12. Ishmael's Inclinations: Non-Use Values of Marine Protected Areas
Chapter 13 13. National Parks versus Protected Landscapes? Legitimacy, Values, and the Management of the Colombian Tropical Wildlands
Chapter 14 14. Biosphere Reserves: Tangible and Intangible Values
Chapter 15 15. World Heritage Sites: Towards Linking the Tangible and the Intangible
Chapter 16 16. Community-Conserved Biodiverse Areas: Lessons from South Asia
Chapter 17 17. Strictly Protected Areas: The Russian System of Zapovedniks
Chapter 18 18. Protected Landscapes in the Andean Context: Worshipping the Sacred in Nature and Culture
Chapter 19 19. Parks as Battlegrounds: Managing Conflicting Values
Chapter 20 20. Wilderness as Contested Ground
Chapter 21 21. Battling Religions in Parks and Forest Reserves: Facing Religion in Conflicts over Protected Places
Chapter 22 22. Wirikuta: The Wixarika/Huichol Sacred Natural Site in the Chihuahuan Desert, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Chapter 23 23. Intangible Values and Protected Areas: Towards a More Holistic Approach to Management
Various perspectives on how to view, analyze, manage, and preserve parks and park-like protected lands are revealed in this book. U.S. experience plays a prominent part in this book, but does not dominate the material. The editors' selection of contributions reflects philosophies and experiences from the Americas, Africa, Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe in 21 essays, plus the editors' introduction and synthesis. The book challenges the premise that science and economic principles are enough to preserve parks and similar areas from the pressures of development. This book will be a valuable addition to any library supporting ecology programs and a good resource for ecologists, economists, geographers, and others studying parks and protected lands. It certainly will become an anchor point for discussions in economics, religion, geography, ecology, and public policy. Highly recommended.
— E. J. Delaney, Western Washington University
·First comprehensive look at the entire range of values associated with parks
·Cast of international experts gives the book a global scope
·Chapters give an overview of park-related values, in-depth look at individual values, values in particular kindsof protected areas, and the managerial challenges of dealing with conflicting values
·Written in an accessible and engaging style